Ten Easy Meals for New Moms

Diapers are great as baby gifts, but what if you want to do a bit more for a friend? Have you ever taken food as a present? I’m sharing some of my favorite easy meals to take to new moms.

These dishes are great to take not only to new moms, but to anyone who’s recuperating from illness, injury, or surgery. The important thing to remember is that other friends and family may be bringing food, too, so there a few suggestions I’d like to make:

Don’t take anything that must be eaten within the next twenty-four hours.

Not all of what I’m including are full meals. With a new baby in the house, especially if there are also other little ones running around, there will be a lot of middle-of-the-night snacking and sleep-deprived mornings when a quick breakfast-to-go is just what’s needed. All of these are freezer-friendly.

This is one of my family’s favorite meals, from my favorite recipe source, Beverly’s Back Porch. This is a nice one to take over in a foil pan already prepped and ready for them to pop in the oven that night if they like, but it freezes very nicely if they want to have it a month later.

Bringing meals is an excellent way to support a family in a busy time! I noticed most of your ideas have meat, and I’ve noticed in my church that when the family needing meals is vegetarian, people who eat meat seem to have a lot of trouble thinking of things they could bring…so here are two ideas:Honey Baked Lentils are easy to make, easy to reheat, and can be frozen.Bean Burritos frozen with waxed paper between them are great for quick reheating–I ate many of them in the middle of the night when I had a newborn!

Bestest gift ever! Yes, this would be such an awesome gift for a new mom so she can enjoy and bond with baby without dealing with any stress of shopping and cooking for dinners:)
Thank you for sharing these great suggestions at Freedom Fridays. Have a super week!

This is great! Pinning it for later! I love taking meals to new moms and those who have been sick/had surgery! I am finally figuring out that this is something I can plan ahead for- have in the freezer ready to go for the next time someone is in need! And (light bulb!) why not make two, so I can use one for the next time I am in need of a quick meal!!!

Thank you for sharing! The Hot Brown looks amazing. I don’t see the tomatoes in the picture. Do you usually take those seperately for them to add at the time they warm it up? Or do you leave them out altogether?
Thank you again for these great recipes,
Alicia

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This is a great list! The only thing I would change is to omit the ones with dairy in them. It seems so many of my friends’ new babies are milk intolerant and if they are nursing they have to cut it out. It sure limits what I can make though so I loved the dairy-free recipes you posted!

I’m very excited about these recipes. I’ve been looking for a few things to make for a friend who is delivering at the end of the month and I’m so happy I stumbled across your blog! I do have a few questions about the kentucky hot browns. Do you make your scaled milk in a pot on the stove and then chill it in the fridge? (I’ve never used scaled milk before). When you trim the toast, do you just cut off the crust? And the recipe says to make it on four individual platters, do you just make it in one foil pan instead? Thanks so much for your help.

Thank you for sharing! The Hot Brown looks amazing. I don’t see the tomatoes in the picture. Do you usually take those seperately for the recipient to add at the time they warm it up? Or do you leave them out altogether?
Thank you again for these great recipes,
Alicia

The only reason you don’t see them in the picture is that my husband and eldest son don’t like tomatoes on their Hot Browns, and this was one I made for us. Otherwise I’d add the sliced tomatoes before freezing.